"alesj" wrote : "scott.stark(a)jboss.org" wrote : A file system based profile like basic looks to the metadata files using the vfs. | Looks where? ;-) | How will it know where to look if I deploy some bogus deployment described via jboss-structure.xml? The jboss-structure defines the classpath and metadata locations. If its not consistent with what the profile impl consisders metadata, hot deployment is broken. A virtual war composed of many vfs locations should be described via a vfs level mapping if both the profile and deployers are to have the same view. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4156746#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...